442, Lot: 174. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gallienus. AD 253-268. Ӕ Sestertius (25mm, 13.09 g, 6h). Rome mint. 6th issue, AD 260-261. IMP GALLIENVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right / VICTOR[IA] GERM, Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm; captive at feet; S C across field. MIR 36, 429v; RIC V (sole reign) 402; Banti 72 var. (obv. legend). Good VF, green patina, scratches in fields.

Bought from Frank L. Kovacs, San Mateo, CA, 1989. Ex Christie’s New York (2 May 1989), lot 872 (incorrectly described).